Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal medicine

Clinical Responsibilities:Activity will be predominantly based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, with a weekly outpatient clinic taking place at West Berkshire Community Hospital. There is the option to discuss clinics at one of our other spoke sites as well. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment: Outpatient activities: • 1 weekly Sleep/ventilation clinic at RBH, 1 weekly general clinic at WBCH and 1 weekly general clinic either at RBH or spoke site. • Integrated care offering to primary care /airways disease clinic / MDT bi monthly • Weekly participation in the decision-to-treat lung cancer MDT • Participation in the EBUS and bronchoscopy rota • Involvement in the development of COPD biologics clinics Inpatients and on-call • Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients. • Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota. • Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Resident cover (2 resident doctors) is provided from for the respiratory ward at the weekend. • Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching • Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below. • 1:24 weekdays • , on-site, including post-take reviews,overnight- non-residential • The general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 24 frequency, on site both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call. Management Responsibilities:The post holder will have active participation in monthly clinical governance meetings and business meetings within the department. The appointee will, with the other consultants share in the general management of the department. The appointee may want to consider taking on one of the departmental management roles.The appointee will be offered a mentor or coach on appointment. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has a mentoring/coaching support programme for all new Consultant appointments. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities:Activity will be predominantly based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, with a weekly outpatient clinic taking place at West Berkshire Community Hospital. There is the option to discuss clinics at one of our other spoke sites as well. Specific responsibilities will include the following, although there is flexibility in this that can be discussed upon appointment: Outpatient activities: • 1 weekly Sleep/ventilation clinic at RBH, 1 weekly general clinic at WBCH and 1 weekly general clinic either at RBH or spoke site. • Integrated care offering to primary care /airways disease clinic / MDT bi monthly • Weekly participation in the decision-to-treat lung cancer MDT • Participation in the EBUS and bronchoscopy rota • Involvement in the development of COPD biologics clinics Inpatients and on-call • Managing the specialist respiratory inpatient ward and referrals on a rotational basis (currently 4 weeks in 18). Outpatient commitments are cancelled when covering inpatients. • Contribution to the respiratory of the day (ROD) rota. • Weekend cover of the respiratory ward; reviewing new patients to the ward, patients on the RSU, sick patients flagged by the nursing staff. Resident cover (2 resident doctors) is provided from for the respiratory ward at the weekend. • Supervision and education of ward junior doctors and final year medical students, with on-the-job clinical teaching • Participation in the general medicine on call. Full time equivalent frequency is as below. • 1:24 weekdays • , on-site, including post-take reviews,overnight- non-residential • The general medical on-call weekend rota is also at a 1 in 24 frequency, on site both Saturday and Sunday with overnight non-residential on call. Management Responsibilities:The post holder will have active participation in monthly clinical governance meetings and business meetings within the department. The appointee will, with the other consultants share in the general management of the department. The appointee may want to consider taking on one of the departmental management roles.The appointee will be offered a mentor or coach on appointment. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has a mentoring/coaching support programme for all new Consultant appointments.